California Bred

As is the case on a number of MLS rosters, the Chicago Fire feature a significant conglomeration of players from the state of California, with defender Jalil Anibaba, striker Orr Barouch, midfielder Daniel Paladini and defender Kwame Watson-Siriboe all hailing from the Golden State.

Hailing from the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, Barouch is just 42 miles away from home, while Paladini is 50 miles from his hometown of Northridge. A child of the Inland Empire, Watson-Siriboe is exactly 100 miles away from Chino Hills while Nor-Cal native Anibaba is 400 miles away from Davis.

I surveyed the four on some questions about home to see “how California” the group really is…